Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR.Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
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Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.
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Perform your job better than anyone else can. That’s the best job security I know.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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Don’t flaunt your success, but don’t apologize for it either.
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Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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Life doesn’t come with an instruction book; that’s why we have fathers.
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Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health, and love.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass
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Every person that you meet knows something you don’t; learn from them.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
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Remember that just the moment you say, “I give up,” someone else seeing the same situation is saying, “My, what a great opportunity.”
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Remember that no time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.
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Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
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Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
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Become the kind of person who brightens a room just by entering it.
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Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.
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Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.
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After you’ve work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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